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2012 -- S 2724 SUBSTITUTE A ======= LC01932/SUB A ======= STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 ____________ A N A C T RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION OF STATE Introduced By: Senator Louis P. DiPalma Date Introduced: March 06, 2012 Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Section 42-1-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-1 entitled "Sovereignty 2 and Jurisdiction of State" is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 42-1-3. Tracts ceded to United States -- Reserved jurisdiction. -- The tracts of land 4 hereinafter referred to are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States subject to the 5 reservations and conditions contained in the acts of the general assembly ceding jurisdiction 6 thereof, respectively; provided, that all civil and criminal process issued under the authority of 7 this state may be executed thereon in the same manner as if the jurisdiction of the lands had not 8 been ceded; that is to say: 9 (1) A tract of land at Beaver Tail, in the south part of the town of Jamestown; 10 (2) A tract of land at Whale Rock, at the entrance to Narragansett Bay; 11 (3) A tract of land at Watch Hill, in the town of Westerly; 12 (4) A tract of land at Point Judith, in the town of Narragansett; 13 (5) A tract of land at Poplar Point, in the town of North Kingstown; 14 (6) A tract of land at Old Gay Rock, in the harbor of Wickford, in the town of North 15 Kingstown; 16 (7) A tract of land on the northwest point of Block Island, in the town of New Shoreham; 17 (8) A tract of land at the breakwater at Block Island, in the town of New Shoreham; 18 (9) A tract of land on the southeast point of Block Island, in the town of New Shoreham; 1 (10) A tract of land at Warwick Neck, in the city of Warwick; 2 (11) A tract of land at Sandy Point, on the island of Prudence, in the town of Portsmouth; 3 (12) An island or place in the harbor of Newport, known as Lime Rock; 4 (13) A lot of land near Bristol Ferry, in the town of Bristol; 5 (14) A shoal known as the Bullock's Point Shoal, in Providence River, and so much of 6 the land below low water surrounding the same as is included within a circle of one hundred feet 7 (100') radius from the center of the lighthouse thereon; an island in the outer channel of 8 Providence River known as Pomham Rock; with Fuller's Rocks, in Providence River, and so 9 much of the land below high-water mark as is within the circle of one hundred feet (100') radius 10 from the center of the lighthouse, beacon light, or range light at Fuller's Rocks; and so much land 11 below high-water mark as is included within a circle of one hundred feet (100') radius from the 12 center of the lighthouse, beacon light, or range light at Sassafras Point, in Providence River; all of 13 which several tracts of land have been acquired by the United States as sites for lighthouses; 14 (15) A tract of land covered by the navigable waters of the state within a circle, seven 15 hundred feet (700') in diameter, the center of which shall be the Little Cormorant Rock, so-called, 16 situated at the mouth of the Seaconnet River, on a course northwest from the northwesterly point 17 of West Island, and distant therefrom about nine hundred feet (900'), as a site for a lighthouse, 18 beacon, or other aid to navigation; 19 (16) A tract of land covered by the navigable waters of the state within a circle, three 20 hundred feet (300') in diameter, the center of which shall be the rocks known as Gull Rocks, in 21 mid-channel between Rose Island and Coaster's Harbor Island, in Newport Harbor, as a site for a 22 lighthouse or other aid to navigation; 23 (17) A tract, piece or parcel of land lying and being in the Warren River, for the erection 24 thereon of a light in aid of navigation, more particularly described as a circular plot one hundred 25 feet (100') in diameter including what is known as Allen Rock, the center of the plot being 26 located in latitude forty-one degrees (41 degrees), forty-two minutes (42'), forty-nine seconds 27 (49"), north; longitude seventy-one degrees (71 degrees), seventeen minutes (17'), thirty-seven 28 and three-quarters seconds (37.75") west, and further described by a circle in red ink adjacent to 29 the words "Allen Rk" on a copy of the U.S. coast and geodetic survey chart, marked exhibit "A" 30 and attached to chapter 1879 of the Public Laws of 1932; 31 (18) A tract of land on Brenton's Neck, in Newport, being the site of Fort Adams; 32 (19) Goat Island in the harbor of Newport, being the site of Fort Walcott and a 33 lighthouse; 34 (20) Dutch Island, between Jamestown and Narragansett, purchased for the purpose of a LC01932/SUB A - Page 2 of 20 1 lighthouse and the location of a fort; 2 (21) An island called Castle Island, at the entrance of Bristol Harbor; 3 (22) An island between Newport and Jamestown, known as Rose Island, ceded for a fort; 4 (23) A lot of land on the east side of Weybosset Street, in the city of Providence, 5 purchased for a customhouse, post office, and United States courtroom; 6 (24) A lot of land on the east side of Thames Street, in the city of Newport, purchased 7 for a customhouse; 8 (25) A lot of land in the town of Bristol, purchased for a post office and customhouse; 9 (26) A lot of land in the city of Pawtucket, purchased for a post office and other public 10 purposes; 11 (27) Coaster's Harbor Island in Narragansett Bay, ceded for the location of the United 12 States naval training school; 13 (28) A lot of land on Exchange Place in the city of Providence, purchased for a post 14 office, courthouse, and customhouse; 15 (29) A tract of land south of Jamestown, on Conanicut Island, Rhode Island, being the 16 site of Fort Wetherill; 17 (30) A tract of land on the northwesterly shore of Conanicut Island, commonly known as 18 Fox Hill, being the site of Fort Getty; 19 (31) A tract of land south of Saunderstown, on the westerly shore of Narragansett Bay, 20 commonly known as Boston Neck, being the site of Fort Kearny; 21 (32) A tract of land at Point Judith, being the site of the landing for the upper shore arm 22 of Point Judith breakwater; 23 (33) A tract of land under water at the entrance of Great Salt Pond Harbor on Block 24 Island in the town of New Shoreham for lighthouse purposes; the land being all that tract, piece or 25 parcel of land situate, lying and being in a circle, two hundred feet (200') in diameter, the center 26 of which is in latitude north forty-one degrees (41 degrees), eleven minutes (11'), fifty-seven and 27 six-tenths seconds (57.6"), and longitude east, seventy-one degrees (71 degrees), thirty-five 28 minutes (35'), thirty-eight and four-tenths seconds (38.4"), and bears north thirty-nine degrees (39 29 degrees), eighteen minutes (18') west true from Great Salt Pond inner end light and distant from it 30 by one thousand five hundred seventy-five feet (1,575'). Also a line parallel to and one hundred 31 feet (100') from the center line of the existing breakwater and another line perpendicular to the 32 above-mentioned line at a point southerly of and one hundred feet (100') distant from the 33 northerly extremity of the breakwater intersect each other in a point which is the center of the 34 circle. The area or content of the property thus limited and defined being seven hundred twenty- LC01932/SUB A - Page 3 of 20 1 one one-thousandths ( 7 2 1/1000) of an acre more or less; 2 (34) A tract of land situated, lying and being within the city of Newport, the county of 3 Newport and the State of Rhode Island, approximately one thousand five hundred feet (1,500') 4 north of Coaster's Harbor Island and six hundred feet (600') west of Coddington Point, and 5 surrounded by the waters of Narragansett Bay, known as and called Bishop's Rock, containing 6 about six-tenths (6/10) of an acre; 7 (35) A parcel of land lying within the reservation of the Peters-Fournier Airport of 8 Rhode Island situated in the towns of Lincoln and Smithfield, ceded to the United States for the 9 express purpose of establishing and developing upon the land a specialist training center for the 10 United States air force reserve and for the erection of buildings, utilities, and other structures for 11 military uses in this regard; 12 (36) A parcel of land lying within the reservation of the Peters-Fournier Airport of 13 Rhode Island situated in the towns of Lincoln and Smithfield, ceded to the United States for the 14 express purpose of constructing and operating upon the land a tactical site support facility to 15 provide logistical support to installations in the Providence defense area and for the erection of 16 buildings, utilities, and other structures for uses in this regard .